Lauren Sawyer is a 2014 MATC grad and an assistant instructor. Her background is in writing and journalism, and her new great love is the interplay of theology and literature—how do the two disciplines “play well” together? The most important thing you need to know about her is this: she falls in love easily—with authors (John Updike), decades (the ‘70s), words (“axiomatically”), and theological heresies (Nestorianism). Learn more about her at laurendeidra.com.
Studying at the intersection of text.soul.culture calls for our entire beings. Our stories, ideas, and biases are named and brought into conversation as we seek to grow into artists, pastors, healers, and leaders with integrity. Education at The Seattle School, then, is highly contextual, calling students to wonder about how their stories and experiences have […]
At the Spring Banquet last year, a few weeks before I graduated from The Seattle School, I was asked to pray for the returning students. I had a lot going on for me that weekend, including an impending breakup with my boyfriend, but at the forefront of my mind was I don’t want to leave. […]
“Fiction is rooted in an act of faith: a presumption of an inherent significance in human activity that makes daily life worth dramatizing and particularizing.” – John Updike, speaking on religion and literature, 1994 I have this photo on my phone that I flip to often, probably more than I am comfortable admitting. It’s a […]